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Rafael
Betancourt		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 186
 
Born: April 29, 1975 in Venezuela, , CUMANA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2006   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 29 CLE AL $ 300,000 2 9 8 9 1 9 5 4 7 6
2005 30 CLE AL $ 300,000 3 9 8 8 1 9 5 4 7 6
2006 31 CLE AL $ 300,000 3 9 8 8 1 9 5 4 7 6
2007 32 CLE AL $ 1,757,143 3 9 7 8 1 9 5 4 7 5
2008 33 CLE AL $ 1,757,143 3 9 7 8 1 9 5 4 7 5
2009 34 CLE AL $ 1,757,143 3 8 7 8 1 8 5 3 6 5
2010 35 LAN NL $ 1,350,000 3 8 6 7 1 8 4 3 6 5
2011 36 LAN NL $ 1,350,000 3 8 6 7 1 8 4 3 6 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 2 8 6 7 1 8 4 3 6 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,757,143 3 9 8 9 1 9 5 4 7 6
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 29 CLE AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2005 30 CLE AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2006 31 CLE AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2007 32 CLE AL $ 1,757,143   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2008 33 CLE AL $ 1,757,143   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2009 34 CLE AL $ 1,757,143   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2010 35 LAN NL $ 1,350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
2011 36 LAN NL $ 1,350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,757,143   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2004 29 CLE AL 4 2 .667 62 0 0 0 2 78.3 81 45 14 25 59 5.17 .266 .321 .459 .780 4.5
2005 30 CLE AL 4 3 .571 68 0 0 0 6 56.3 52 24 12 31 53 3.83 .243 .345 .435 .780 4.5
2006 31 CLE AL 7 2 .778 62 0 0 0 2 89.7 84 34 10 27 88 3.41 .245 .300 .388 .688 9.0
2007 32 CLE AL 4 2 .667 89 0 0 0 10 85.3 78 33 9 41 75 3.48 .248 .331 .378 .709 9.9
2008 33 CLE AL 5 3 .625 53 0 0 0 2 88.7 106 54 18 33 79 5.48 .303 .365 .506 .871 3.8
2009 34 CLE AL 6 1 .857 37 0 0 0 3 61.3 60 33 8 26 65 4.84 .263 .346 .430 .776 4.9
2010 35 LAN NL 6 5 .545 58 0 0 0 0 68.0 68 31 4 39 49 4.10 .267 .364 .388 .752 4.6
2011 36 LAN NL 0 2 .000 29 0 0 0 1 38.7 42 23 5 22 33 5.35 .278 .370 .411 .781 0.3
8 Years Sim 36 20 .643 458 0 0 0 26 566.3 571 277 80 244 501 4.40 .264 .340 .426 .767 41.5
Season Average 4 2 .667 57 0 0 0 3 70.8 71 34 10 30 62 4.40 .264 .340 .426 .767  
Career Highs 7 5 .857 89 0 0 0 10 89.7 106 54 18 41 88 5.48 .303 .370 .506 .871  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   325 140 36 67 255   .264 .302 .404 .706
vs LH   246 137 44 177 246   .265 .382 .456 .838
Home 22 8 .733 235 0 0 0 17 313.7 283 133 38 119 276 3.82 .245 .316 .388 .704
Away 14 12 .538 223 0 0 0 10 252.7 288 144 42 125 225 5.13 .286 .365 .470 .835
Mar/Apr 6 3 .667 63 0 0 0 3 73.3 69 30 10 31 65 3.68 .253 .329 .414 .743
May 7 3 .700 93 0 0 0 3 108.6 111 58 20 46 95 4.80 .267 .340 .442 .782
June 6 4 .600 76 0 0 0 5 99.3 92 48 12 40 87 4.35 .245 .317 .396 .714
July 9 5 .643 77 0 0 0 4 95.0 112 48 11 45 84 4.55 .296 .370 .459 .829
August 5 3 .625 82 0 0 0 6 105.0 113 41 10 38 90 3.51 .279 .341 .412 .753
Sep/Oct 3 2 .600 67 0 0 0 6 85.0 74 52 17 44 80 5.51 .237 .331 .429 .761
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2010 35 LAN NL 58 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0
2011 36 LAN NL 29 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
2 Years Sim 87 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1 0.0
162 Game Average 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1  
Career Highs 58 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1
vs LH   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Home 43 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4
Away 44 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
RISP   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Close/Late   1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5
Mar/Apr 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
May 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
June 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
July 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
August 10 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2004 29 CLE AL P 62 0 78.3 7 12 0 2 1.000 2.18    
2005 30 CLE AL P 68 0 56.3 5 6 0 0 1.000 1.76    
2006 31 CLE AL P 62 0 89.7 5 10 0 2 1.000 1.51    
2007 32 CLE AL P 89 0 85.3 7 13 0 2 1.000 2.11    
2008 33 CLE AL P 53 0 88.7 9 7 0 0 1.000 1.62    
2009 34 CLE AL P 37 0 61.3 3 6 1 0 .900 1.32    
2010 35 LAN NL P 58 0 68.0 3 11 1 2 .933 1.85    
2011 36 LAN NL P 29 0 38.7 3 5 0 1 1.000 1.86    
Career Totals   458 0 566.3 42 70 2 9 .982 1.78    
Career Highs   89 0 89.7 9 13 1 2 1.000 2.18    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2006 31 CLE AL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 1 8.0 3 0 0 4 5 0.00 .120 .241 .120 .361
2008 33 CLE AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 2 0.00 .154 .154 .231 .385
2009 34 CLE AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 0 1 2 3.00 .300 .364 .300 .664
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 7 0 0 0 1 15.0 8 1 0 5 9 0.60 .167 .245 .188 .433
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games Pitched
2007-4-89
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 124)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 339)
 
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History
Earned first career win on 4/22/2004
Won World Championship with Cleveland in 2006
1/29/2008: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,757,143 through salary arbitration
1/29/2009: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,757,143 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles on 2/3/2010 to a 2-year deal worth $1,350,000 per year
Had first career hit on 8/28/2010, off Willis Roberts (PIT)
 
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